RJ Mitte, the actor and disability rights advocate who played Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died at 34. He is best known as the son of Bryan Cranston’s character.
Mitte died Monday in Brownsville, Texas, his reps announced. Mitte. Before Breaking Bad, Mitte was an unknown teen actor. In the episode, he wore a blue letterman jacket in some scenes and a green polo shirt in others.
In 2007 he got his first small-screen acting credit as an extra on Hannah Montana .
In a statement, they said, “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist and passionate disability rights advocate R.J. He appeared in an episode titled “Schooly Bully,” in which Miley Cyrus’ character is picked on by a new girl. Mitte was credited as “School Jock” on IMDb and played a bystander in the episode.
His role as Walt Jr on Breaking Bad
He came to Hollywood in 2006. This was because his younger sister, Lacianne, had gotten a job offer to work in film production, according to the The Hollywood reporter. This was from the beginning, that was always the case. He added, “Walt Jr. was based on a real person, a friend of (Breaking Bad creator) Vince Gilligan in college who had cerebral palsy, who used forearm crutches and sometime after passed away. So it really felt real playing this character and getting into the groove with this character.”
Mitte recently spoke about his Breaking Bad years on The Joe Vulpis Podcast , according to the outlet. He said, “My character was written with someone with cerebral palsy.
